5:27 PM |
"Piglet: We'll be friends forever, won't we?
Pooh: ...Forever."
-Winnie The Pooh
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Another year has come and gone, and I still can't believe that I'll be leaving you guys. It has yet to sink in, and once it does I might go into major meltdown mode.
Dear 2Gians,
I owe you all a big THANK YOU.
Thank you- so much- for letting me run this race with you. It means that much to me; and I will always carry memories of each and every one of you. Tis probably the craziest moments we had together that I'll remember- and those often make the best memories of all. <3
...Our time together has been one long marathon. Next year, most of you will step up and continue running that race; and on the other hand, the time has come for some of us to gracefully step out of the race and move to a different track.
But we won't stop running. Oh, no. Because every one of us is going to take away a little piece of everyone else; every 2Gian is going to get a little piece of all the wonderful, wonderful times that we had together.
And that little piece will be enough.
But thank you, thank you for being such angels, all this time. You've made me feel like I really don't need to change a single thing about me- because y'all have loved me as ME, all along. You make me feel beautiful.
And in my eyes, all of you are gorgeously, dropdeadly beautiful too. <3
...My dear, dear, 2Gians.
For everything you've done for me, and all the love you've shown me...I thank you. Thank you for helping me through my respective phases. [I know. I'm a very phasey person, more's the pity.] I've lost count of all the random phases that I've gone through- and it never fails to amaze me that YOU GUYS STUCK WITH ME.
Because if I were me and I met myself, I'd get puhretty teed off at myself sometimes, I think.
[But one Cara's enough for the world to handle, doncha think?]
But hey. You guys put up with it. I will never forget all the concern you showed me. Never, never, never!
For the next few weeks [months, even, p'raps]; most of us will go into cold-turkey. Prepare yourselves for an onslaught of emo "I MISS 2G!" MSN screennames, late night calling-each-other-and-crying-our-hearts-out deals, and random and startling outbursts of tears [probably on Audd and Jia Ni's part] when watching High School Musical. [for the 12334454545789th time.]
But y'know what?
We'll all get through this together.
Because it isn't about forgetting each other and moving on.
It's about making our memories part of us, and carrying each other on, in every person's own special way.
And yeah, it'll hurt. I don't deny that it'll hurt, because it WILL.
But gradually, the pain will ease. It'll always be there- but a day will come when it becomes part of us. And then it won't hurt so much any longer.
Remember.
I LOVE YOU ALL MUCHLY.
[Yes, you!]
And I always, always will.